|
INCENTIVE: A cost or benefit that motivates a decision or action by consumers, businesses, or other participants in the economy. Some incentives are explicitly created by government policies to achieve a desired end or they can just be part of the wacky world we call economics. The most noted incentive in the study of economics is that provided by prices. When prices are higher buyers have the "incentive" to buy less and sellers have the "incentive" to sell more. Price incentives play a fundamental role in the . When prices are higher buyers have the "incentive" to buy less and sellers have the "incentive" to sell more. Price incentives play a fundamental role in the allocation. When prices are higher buyers have the "incentive" to buy less and sellers have the "incentive" to sell more. Price incentives play a fundamental role in the allocation system that society uses to answer the three questions of allocation.
Visit the GLOSS*arama
|
|

|
|
Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 4: College Cost
|
Page: 14 of 17
|
- The opportunity cost of a college education.
- Why explicit, out-of-pocket payments are only part of the opportunity cost of an education.
- The importance of implicit opportunity costs, such as foregone earnings or foregone satisfaction, to the total cost of an education.
- Why some college costs, such as room and board, are not opportunity costs or an education.
|
|
|
|
|
|
FACTOR SUPPLY CURVE A graphical representation of the relation between the price to a factor of production and quantity of the factor supplied, holding all ceteris paribus factor supply determinants constant. The factor supply curve is one half of the factor market. The other half is the factor demand curve.
Complete Entry | Visit the WEB*pedia |


|
|
BLUE PLACIDOLA [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages looking to buy either a flower arrangement for your aunt or a birthday greeting card for your uncle. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties. Your Complete Scope
This isn't me! What am I?
|
|
Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
|
|
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." -- John F. Kennedy, 35th U. S. president
|
|
BVAR Bayesian VAR (Vector Autoregression)
|
|
Tell us what you think about AmosWEB. Like what you see? Have suggestions for improvements? Let us know. Click the User Feedback link.
User Feedback
|

|